olivine

From olive +‎ -in, later remodelled after -ine.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.əˌvin/

olivine (countable and uncountable, plural olivines)

2. (mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.

   Synonyms: chrysolite, Hawaiian peridot

   Hyponyms: peridot, ringwoodite

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51:

     The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.

   • 2025 February 19, Dino Grandoni, “We may be able to trap climate pollution in ordinary rocks. Scientists say they have figured out how to transform rocks into something extraordinary: a high-tech, low-cost substance that can bend geological time and help stall — or even reverse — planetary warming”, in Washington Post‎^[1]:

     To do so, his team mixed together limestone with a crushed silicate mineral that contains magnesium — such as olivine, an olive-tinted mineral that can be found around the world. When heated to furiously high temperatures in a kiln, calcium in the limestone and magnesium in the silicate jiggle and switch sides, like participants in a square dance.

• calcio-olivine
• olivinic (adjective)
• olivinitic

• bluestone
• olivine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• violine

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olivine f (plural olivines)

1. olivine

• olivinique

• “olivine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

olivine f

1. plural of olivina